Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean ...

484 COLLECTIONS FROM THE WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN.;4. Sterna melanauchen, T.Gould, B. Austr. ii. p. 400.a. S- African Island, Amirante group, March 16, 1882. Irisdark ; bill, legs, and feet black.Writing on this species in the Fiji Islands, Mr. E. L. Layard observesthat he procured Anaus cinereus on the coral-reefs north-eastof Madagascar twenty years ago. Dr. Hartlaub, in his Yogel Madagascars,'very properly remarks that this statement requires confir-'mation in the highest degree, an observation I thoroughly indorse.Can it have been the present species {S. melanauchen) which Mr.Layard intended to write about ? Anyhow, the range of the latterspecies is now greatly extended.From the Glorioso Islands.5. Zosterops madagascariensis {L.).Hartl. t. c. p. 102.a. 5 Glorioso Islands, May 1882. Iris dark . ; bill black ; legsand feet grey.6. Corvus scapulatus, Daud.Hartl. t. c. p. 201.a. S Glorioso Islands, May 1882. Iris dark • ; bill, legs, and feetblack.7. Turtur coppingeri, sp. n.T. similis T. aldahrano, sed tergo brunneo et pileo fuscescentibruuneo,fronte tantum pallide vinacea, et siibcaudalibus cinereolavatis distinguendus. Long. tot. 12 poll., culm. 0-7, aloe G'45,caudae 4*15, tarsi 1-0.a. $ Glorioso Islands, May 1882. Iris orange-red . ; bill darklegs and feet dark red.This species appears to bo allied to T. aldahramis, Sclater (P. Z. S.1871, p. 092, pi. Ixxiii.) ; but the white on the belly, which is shownin the plate, and referred to in Dr. Sclater's description, does notappear so prominently in the skins of the type specimens kindlylent to mc by Prof. Newton. The Glorioso Turtle-Dove differs fromT. aldahramis in its browner upper surface, by the bluish-grey"wash on the under tail-coverts, and especially in the pale vinousforehead, which contrasts somewhat with the dusky ash-colour ofthe head.Hartl. t. c. p. 293.8. Strepsilas interpres (L.).a. $. Glorioso Islands, May 1882. Iris dark ; bill horn-colour;legs and feet yellow.Still in immature plumage, but showing a trace of the approachingrufous dress.